Madison County Hop Fest is Sep.
17.We need a few folks to
“man” (or lady), the Homebrew booth.Remember, we can serve our homebrew,
since we’re outside the area you pay to get into.We usually start about noon. There
should be a few free tickets for the Craft Beer Tent, so it’ll likely
cost you $0.Maybe we can car
pool?

The Exit
65 Music Fest will be held Sep. 25th in the Hickories Park
in Owego.Tom Westfall filled us in
on their plans.Chris Cyr is
heading up the Homebrew portion.

Sudsy
Brews and Fiery Foodsis Oct. 8th.So far, we’ve got most of the
usual local breweries, should be a good time, come and meet the brewers.We’ll need volunteers to pour, and
1 to help me with the Homebrew booth.

The effort to change NY State law, to allow Homebrew to be served at charity
events is underway.Meetings with
the NY State BA Executive Director and our local legislators, Donna Lupardo and
Fred Akshar went well.Many NY
State Homebrew clubs have reps with me and have pledged support to our
efforts.We continue to go for more
and more support, from NY State clubs and Breweries.The next legislative session starts in
January, and we need to obtain as much support as possible by then, so that
bills can be introduced in both State Houses.

Adam was sent a big box of samples of fruit extracts and concentrates from Amoretti,
and let us take some, so there should be some interesting beers coming
back.Thanks, Adam!

Bob Talkiewicz happened to be at Brothers 2, so he joined us.Bob is a Rock Star of Homebrewing in our
area.He’s been a BJCP Judge
and member of Binghamton clubs for decades.His current emphasis is in Meads.So glad he stopped by and added to the
conversation.

Rich told us about his Pico Brew
Zymatic, brewing machine, which he got at the B’more NHC.2.5 gal., easy to use, good for
experimentation.